Super Gonorrhea – rise of the antibiotic-resistant super bug!

According to the scientist in United Kingdom, Gonorrhea might become a super bug which can’t be treated using available antibiotics. This September BBC reported the super bug spreading in northern parts of the England. This outbreak triggered a nation wide alert and there’s is a huge potential that this become a worldwide threat.

The strain in this outbreak is able to shrug off the antibiotic azithromycin, which is normally used alongside another drug, ceftriaxone.

England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies has written to all GPs and pharmacies to ensure they are prescribing the correct drugs after the rise of a highly drug-resistant strain of the infection.

“Gonorrhoea is at risk of becoming an untreatable disease due to the continuing emergence of antimicrobial resistance,” Davies writes.

World Health Organization in this November started a global drive to enlighten the General public on the safe use of Antibiotics, but still in many countries including Sri Lanka Antibiotics are used without proper guidance.